Skinny Labels Back In Focus After HHS Report On Addressing Drug Prices

Skinny labels are back in focus at the White House. On September 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services submitted its much-anticipated report to the White House Competition Counsel regarding a “Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Prices.” The HHS Report—issued in response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy—contains a range of approaches for effecting reforms aimed at reducing the price of prescription drugs. Among these proposed reforms are administrative actions that will be undertaken by the Food and Drug Administration to “address potential barriers to biosimilar and generic drug development and market entry to spur competition so that consumers can access the medicines they need at affordable prices.” HHS Report at 19.

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